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Prevention Green Paper: how will we know if it’s working?

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Holly Holder
29 Jul 2019

The Government’s Green Paper on prevention and public health will in part be measured by ‘disability-free life expectancy’. This has major implications for future health policy.

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OK Google, are ‘smart homes’ really the answer to the care crisis?

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Ploy Suthimai
29 Jul 2019

'Smart homes' are sometimes posited as the solution to our social care crisis. But what are the limitations of using technology as a substitute for care?

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Our response to new research showing half of self-employed people are aged 50+

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Centre for Ageing Better
29 Jul 2019

Analysis of ONS data by recruitment specialists Rest Less suggests that 46% of the self-employed workforce is over the age of 50.

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How councils can provide better support for those moving home in later life

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Centre for Ageing Better
25 Jul 2019

Report calls on councils to provide better support and information to help people to move home in later life.

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Ageing Better welcomes Prevention Green Paper - but more radical change is needed

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Centre for Ageing Better
23 Jul 2019

We welcome the government's Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s paper that looks to proactively improve the well-being of those approaching later life.

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Older neighbours

If we shoot for the moon, we can win healthier, longer lives for everyone

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Anna Dixon
19 Jul 2019

Fifty years ago, the US mobilised all of government and society in pursuit of a single goal: putting a man on the moon. Now, we need the same will and investment to be geared towards the challenge of healthy ageing.

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‘No experience required’ - ageism in the job market

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Patrick Thomson
19 Jul 2019

Our everyday phrases and thought processes are often unintentionally ageist. What effect does this have in the workplace?

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UK Homes

New figures reveal ongoing decent homes crisis for older people

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Centre for Ageing Better
17 Jul 2019

New data from the English Housing Survey show a sharp increase in the number of older households, with too many still living in non-decent homes.

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Latest research from others

Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking: Analysis of an UK household panel study
Olsen, J., R., Social Science and Medicine
This paper examines factors influencing walking among older adults in the UK.
The fear of old age: a survey of adults in the UK
Costa, F., Educational Gerontology
This UK study examines attitudes toward ageing and the fear of old age among adults aged 35 to 75.
Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on older ethnic minority people
Lewis, C., Social Policy Administration
This paper presents an analysis of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on older minority ethnic people in Greater Manchester, UK.

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